ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Imran Khan began his speech at the joint sessionof the Parliament in the backdrop of revocation of Article 370 by India bysaying, “It is not only relevant for Kashmiris and for the people ofPakistan but it will have a great impact on the whole world, this is why Iwant you to listen to it carefully.”
Prime Minister Khan said that Pakistan will take the Kashmir issue to everyglobal forum in light of recent developments. PM was speaking at the jointsession of the parliament urgently convened to address India’s revocationof special status of Indian Occupied Kashmir and removal of Article 370from the Indian constitution.
“After coming to the power, our first priority was to address poverty inthe country. We cannot attain stability without reaching to all ourneighbours. As soon I realised that India was not interested in talking tous, they took our proposal for peace as weakness, so we stopped extendingoffers to hold talks, then Pulwama happened”, the Prime Minister told theparliament.
“They (BJP) do not consider Kashmiris as their equals. They will try tocrush them which will lead to a reaction which can be a Pulwama likeincident. They will blame us [Pakistan] for this. What BJP did in Kashmiris in accordance with their beliefs. They have a racist ideology,” heaffirmed. The Prime Minister compared the BJP with the Nazi ideology.
“We will fight this at every forum,” Khan said.
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“This will be a war that no one will win and the implications will beglobal.” The Prime Minister emphasised that he was not indulging in‘nuclear blackmail’ but instead trying to inform the world about theseriousness of the matter.
Responding to opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif’s criticism, Khan said,“What do you want me to do? Attack India immediately?” Khan held thatPakistan will explore all options including aggressive diplomacy tohighlight the plight of Kashmiris to the world.
